>As I've understood it, <open o> is represented in X-SAMPA by /O/. /Q/
>is X-SAMPA for <turned script a>, the low back rounded vowel (cardinal
>13). Which vowel is meant by Germanicists' <o with a hook>?

Usage is not consistent.
In representaition of Middle English it is [O],
but in Old Norse and modern English it is [Q].
/BP 8^)
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